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[Regardless of its intentions,] A great book, ... is a book that has all the pertinent information, and it should be easy to find.


Charles Bloom

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M. J. ROSE It is a lie.
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LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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ANATOLE BROYARD Of all needs a book has,
the chief need is to be readable.
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DAVID MARANISS Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!
MARTIN LUTHER This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Po...
TERRY PRATCHETT I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
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ELIOT SCHREFER If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thou...
EDGAR ALLAN POE If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thou...
EDGAR ALLAN POE We should utilize the tools the town has at its disposal, ... By referring the proposals to the Econ...
KEVIN CUNNINGHAM A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells li...
RAY BRADBURY For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people deter...
WALTER LIPPMANN When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other t...
SALMAN RUSHDIE Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes ...
STEPHEN KING I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI An open book is an open mind" -Charles Chiltington
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CHRISTO It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
SALMAN RUSHDIE The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and char...
WALTER KAUFMANN I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page...
HENRY ROLLINS Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelli...
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MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read....
GABRIELLE ZEVIN I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page...
HENRY MILLER But I must hope that books possess a life of a more varied kind than their authors' myopia concedes ...
UMBERTO ECO The creation is a very internal process, and publishing the book is a very external process. It is n...
ELLIOT ACKERMAN A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made boo...
LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. Y...
UMBERTO ECO If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I would far rather burn my whole book, than that he or any other man should think i behaved in a pal...
ABRAM KARDINER The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it f...
LEMONY SNICKET In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go befo...
ROSE TREMAIN There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book t...
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CORY DOCTOROW It can be a great way to find something that might not be readily available in your area. Maybe you'...
SUSAN GRANT A good book is enjoyable. A great book sets off a bomb inside of you.
NED HEPBURN For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once ...
CAROLINE LEJEUNE For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once ...
SPENCER TRACY The book that he has made renders its author this service in return, that so long as the book survi...
RICHARD AUNGERVYLE (AUNGERVILLE) (A/K/A RICHARD DE BURY) The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, whi...
UMBERTO ECO While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.
JEFFREY ARCHER My sense of what a book should be has changed so radically. I like to think for the better.
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LAWRENCE CLARK POWELL I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness...
NATALIE GOLDBERG The stitch of a book is its words.
RUMER GODDEN Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The best book a writer can ever write is a book that chooses its readers, not the other way around.
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ROBERTSON DAVIES There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book t...
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C. JOYBELL C. To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. . ...
ALEISTER CROWLEY To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.
ALEISTER CROWLEY You should read the novel in order to live, to feel, to tell someone the hidden secret of it.
R...
EMMA BRYNSTEIN I love the way that each book—any book—is its own journey. You open it, and off you go….
SHARON CREECH A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several...
WILLIAM STYRON The strike zone should be what the rule book says it is and not a personal idiosyncrasy.
FRANK DEFORD Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT I believe that the phrase ‘obligatory reading’ is a contradiction in terms; reading should not b...
JORGE LUIS BORGES Whoever has received knowledge
and eloquence in speech from God
should not be silent or se...
MARIE DE FRANCE It's very small it's about the size of a hard match book box and you skim a credit card through it. ...
JAN QUINTRALL The idea of One Book, One Community is to encourage participation by other organizations in the givi...
KAREN SLOAN The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed
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THOMAS M. CIRIGNANO Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but ev...
VICTOR HUGO We believe that shield laws should apply to anyone gathering information and reporting to the public...
ANNALEE NEWITZ Every event in life — the rejections, the relationships, all the embarrassing things you do will l...
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ANNETTE BENING This book is a great picture book of ideas for storage space in your home.
DELMA SMITH This book is great, the idea is great and her voice is great. She has tremendous talent.
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BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
ITALO CALVINO A book should be luminous not voluminous.
CHRISTIAN NEVELL BOVEE You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.
DAVID BERGEN The controversy has become an easy way to promote the biopic or the book in a competitive era.
ANUJ SOMANY Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children'...
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ORLANDO BLOOM Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I nev...
ORLANDO BLOOM My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than ...
ORLANDO BLOOM Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about...
ORLANDO BLOOM Climate change is not the fault of man. It's Mother Nature's way. And sucking greenhouse gas...
HOWARD BLOOM We all have day jobs and fantasize about being rock stars and alt-country stars.
DAVE BLOOM The people from church see us in a totally different environment. But I have to censor myself on the...
DAVE BLOOM If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?
PAUL BLOOM There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proporti...
ORLANDO BLOOM Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
ORLANDO BLOOM I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the thing...
AMY BLOOM I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da...
LARRY BLOOM I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very ...
RACHEL BLOOM I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is ...
ORLANDO BLOOM Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whol...
RON BLOOM Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes.
DAVID BLOOM I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone...
ORLANDO BLOOM Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their childre...
ALLAN BLOOM It really isn't about winning the medal for me.
JEREMY BLOOM I'll have a week to put the cleats on and get ready. Is a week enough? I don't see why not. I've bee...
JEREMY BLOOM I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ...
JEREMY BLOOM Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most atte...
JEREMY BLOOM Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky,...
PAUL BLOOM I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
ORLANDO BLOOM Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m...
ORLANDO BLOOM If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; ...
AMY BLOOM The definition of a musical is that the emotion is so strong that you can't talk anymore, you ha...
RACHEL BLOOM When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
ORLANDO BLOOM Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have ...
PAUL BLOOM Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by patients. They're eith...
AMY BLOOM